Why Tiffany Haddish reckons Kevin Hart is more sidekick than superhero in Secret Life of Pets 2

All your fave animals are back in The Secret Life of Pets 2. Max, Duke, Gidget and Chloe are up to mischief again in the highly anticipated sequel.

But don't expect Snowball — the fluffy underground boss in the first movie — to get up to his old tricks again. Because in this film, he's gone as soft as his bunny hairs.

"It's the whole reality of being domesticated. In Part One, he was against domesticated pets because he wasn't one — he didn't have the love that they had," Kevin Hart, who voices Snowball, told 9Honey Celebrity during his recent promotional visit to Sydney. "So now that he has it, he's turned full circle and it's about that love now being spread and given. I think it's a good turn to make, it's a good transition for him, and I love to see his camaraderie with the other pets and the other group."

Snowball the rabbit (voiced by Kevin Hart) and Daisy the Shih Tzu (voiced by Tiffany Haddish) team up in 'The Secret Life of Pets 2'. (Illumination)

No longer the villain, the lovable bunny now goes by the name of Captain Snowball, donning a blue mask and cap his owner, Molly, made for him. He now fancies himself a bit of a superhero and, naturally, every superhero needs a sidekick, right?

Enter Daisy, the feisty Shih Tzu, who asks Captain Snowball to help her free a white tiger from the circus. Voiced by Hart's good friend and fellow comedian Tiffany Haddish, the pair are the ultimate crime-fighting team. But with Daisy able to hold her own, it's hard to identify who's the superhero and who's the sidekick between the pair. So Haddish broke it down for us.

Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish attend the Australian premiere of The Secret Life of Pets on June 6 in Sydney. (WireImage)

"Well, here's the thing I love about Daisy, she's not afraid to ask for help," Haddish said. "Sometimes you don't need it, but you need support. Everybody needs support or a sidekick, as I like to call it. Snowball is a great sidekick."

Hart begged to differ, but if his terrified demeanour on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was anything to go by, Haddish had a point. You see, during that episode Hart was introduced to a host of animals — including an ostrich, tarantula and falcon — by Steve Irwin's son, Robert Irwin, and the outcome was laugh-out-loud funny.

"Robert was an amazing kid. I love the fact that he's taken after his father, but I'm just not the greatest guest to be there to embrace all of the animals and stuff," Hart explained when asked why he was scared. "Scared is just knowing what those things are capable of. It's not really scared. It's just me staying true to who I am.

"It was more about me protecting those animals," he insisted. "Because these animals are young animals. I didn't want to go and get active and do something crazy."

Um, but what would Captain Snowball do in that situation?

"I mean, it depends on the size of the falcon and the mood Snowball was in. Snowball is a superhero too, but…"

"Snowball would get eaten by the falcon," Haddish hilariously chimed in, adding that Daisy would've been more courageous in that situation.

"Not if he was in his Captain Snowball uniform," Hart said, to which Haddish replied, "He'd get eaten more because he'd be even more noticeable."

The duo embark on a superhero mission as they try to free a tiger from the circus. (Illumination)

It's this electric banter between the pair that elevates the movie. The duo ran in the same circles when they were both up-and-coming comedians, and now more than a decade later, here they are at the top of their game.

"I think finding success anytime is sweet," said Hart. "Whether it's early, whether it's late, the beauty is you worked hard for something and it's finally paying off. For both of us, that I can speak and just say, it's an amazing thing that you can look back on where you came from and look to see where you are now. It just makes you want to work harder."